"The green (lines) are all the proposed (bicycle) routes. Right now, we have them symbolized as sharrows, so we can share the road with the cars," Latham said. "The yellow (lines) are the ones that have already been completed, so you can go bike them right now and you'll see the bike lanes."

Consolidated into the new plan was information from the Norwalk Pedestrian & Bikeway Transportation Plan as prepared for the Department of Planning and Zoning, the Norwalk Transportation Management Plan as prepared for the Department of Public Works, and a connectivity study prepared for the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency.

In mid-January, the task force plans to make the Comprehensive City-Wide Bike Route Plan available to the public on the Norwalk Health Department website (linked through www.norwalkct.org).

By that time, other information likely will be added to the GIS map such as the locations of schools and train stations as well as potential build-out options with costs.

Michael G. Mushak, Bike/Walk Task Force co-chairman, noted that the comprehensive plan includes regional routes -- the Norwalk River Valley Trail, East Coast Greenway and Merritt Parkway Trail as proposed -- as well as local arteries in Norwalk where bike lanes or sharrows might be installed.

"We looked at road widths. We looked at all the schools, parks, all of the features that would be common-sense locations that you'd want to connect," Mushak said.

By making the information available to the public, the task force hopes to get feedback on where the priorities should be in Norwalk.

That could prove daunting given the amount of lines displayed on the map.

"What is first, what is next?" asked task force member Burton Avery. "Do you guys think there should be a priority level here rather than seeing this huge map of green lines?"

For consideration, Mushak offered the Tier One priorities as laid out in the Norwalk Pedestrian & Bikeway Transportation Plan of 2012.

They include Richards Avenue, Connecticut Avenue and Highland Avenue.

"Richards Avenue, just so you know, is the Norwalk Community College, and we already know there's people from the (Rowayton) train station that go up to the community college," Mushak said.

The consultant that prepared the plan pegged the cost of the Tier One improvements (Richards Avenue and 15 other major arteries) at $4.1 million.

Mushak, however, said sidewalk work accounts for roughly two-thirds of that figure.

"Ninety-nine percent of what's on (our comprehensive) plan is going to be paint," said Mushak, referring to bicycle lane striping.

Director of Health Timothy T. Callahan, who is involved in the task force's work as a matter of improving public health, said data from MapMyRide -- an application for cyclists -- could help the group prioritize bicycle routes.

"I'm sure a number of people in Norwalk use MapMyRide," Callahan said. "Let's find out which routes are the most ridden."

The task force has also been working with the Department of Public Works and hopes to coordinate bicycle lane striping with road repaving.